Locking means for wardrobe trunks



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M. sTocKov LOCKING MEANS FOR WARDROBE TRUNKS Filed Sept. 25, 1925 2Sheets-Sheet 2" 16 'INVENTOR ll/Iax jfockov HIS ATTORNEY Patented Oct.12, 1926.

UNITED STATES MAX STOCKOV. OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,'ASSIGNOR TO PERKIOMENTRUNK AND BAG- PATENT-OFFICE.

COMPANY, INC., 01: PHILADELPHTA;PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENN-SYLVANIA.

LOOKING MEANS FOR WAQBDROBE TRUNKS.

Application filed September 25, 1925. Serial No. 58,521.

This invention relates to locking means for wardrobe trunks. Inwardrobetrunks the trunk sections are pivotally or hingedly connected to haveopening and closing movement in use on a vertical axis with the trunksections supported upon one end with'means including a hasp connected tothe one trunk section and extending over the other trunk section andcarrying at said extended portion a lock to co-operate with a keeperfixed to said latter trunk section to secure the trunk sections inclosedposition. Owing to the manner of supporting the trunk it isdifficult to move the trunk sections in such position into suchcontiguous relation as the position of lock carried by the hasp relativeto its keeper, and also in moving the trunk sections to open positionwhen the hasp lock has been released, and it is the object of thepresent invention to provide improved locking means for wardrobe trunksadapted to firmly draw the trunk sections to closing position and retainthe sections in such position, and to initially spread or move the trunksections to open position when the locking means is released, and toprovide locking means of this character which is novel, simple instructure and highly efiicient in use.- 1'

It is a further object of the invention to provide locking means of thischaracter operative by the lock carrying hasp and adapted to bereleasably secured in locking position by the lock carried by said hasp.

In. the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification Ihave shown an embodiment of the invention wherein Figure 1 is asectionalview of a port-ion of a pair of trunk sections looking at theinterior thereof and showing my improved locking meansmounted thereonwith the relation of the parts thereof j ust previous to the actuationthereof to draw the trunk sections together and lock them in suchposition.

Figure 2'is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the parts in lockingposition.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of the trunk section shown at the right ofFigures 1 and 2, with the locking parts mounted thereon shown in theFigure 1 position.

Figure 4 is a front elevational view of a wardrobe trunk to show theappearance thereof when in closed position with my improved lockingmeans applied thereto.

Figure 5 is an elevational view of parts of the locking means operativeto co-operate to draw the trunk sections to closed position and tospread the trunk sections.

Figure 6 is an elevational view of a modification of the locking meansshown in F igure 5; and 1 s 1 F'gure 7 is an elevational view of thelockmg parts shown in the upper part of Figure 5 looking at the sidethereof.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout thedifferent views of the drawings.

The embodiment of the invention is illus trated in the drawings inconnection with v a pair of trunk sections 8, 9 adapted to be supportedupon one end and pivotally or hingedly connected along one longitudinaledge in the usual manner, only so much of the trunk sections being shownas is essential to an understanding of the invention.

One trunk section, in the present instance 7 the section 9, has a seriesof casings 10,

shown as two in number, mounted on the inner side of the wall oppositeto that at which the trunk sections are hingedly connected. Each casinghas an opening 11 (Figure 3) inthe side walladjacent the edge at theopen side of the trunk section. The other. trunk section 8 has keepers12 fixed on the inner slde of the wall opposite to that at which'it 1shingedly connected to the section 9. Each keeper has abifurcated member18 projectlng beyond the edge of the trunk with a pin fixed in the legsof the bifurcation and ex- I I tending transversely of'saidlegs adjacentthe extremities thereof. .The keepers are .so

arranged that the keeper bifurcations will be in alinement with theopenings 11 in the casings. 10 and engage therein 'when the trunksections are in closed position. A plate 15, in the nature of a latch,is mounted in each of the casings to have sliding movement in adirection longitudinally of the trunk and adapted to extend through thetop and bottom of the casing. Each plate is arranged with a cam slot 16cut diagonally into the side adjacent the side of the casing with theopening at the entrance end of said slots in the normal position of theplates in register with the casing openings, whereby said slots areadapted to engage the keeper pins 14 when the plates are moved in onedirection. The plates are connected to'be simultaneously operated in thesame direction by a bar 17 pivotally connected at opposite ends, as at18, with the latch plates adjacent one corner. The rod intermediate itsends is arranged with a perforation 19 elongatcd ih a direction t'ansversely of the bar in which a pin 20 fixed inand extending laterallyfrom a plate 21 iixed to a stud 22 rotatably mounted in the trunksection 9 and eccentric to the axis of rotation of said stud, the studalso serving as a mounting member tor a hasp 23 lixedthereto at theouter side of the trunk section, and by means of which hasp the pin withthe connecting plate 2( for the latch plate actuating rod is rotated.The hasp carries a key operated lock at the end opposite to that atwhich it is connected with the stud 22 to co-operate with keeper 25fixed to'the trunk section 8 to releasably retain the latch plates 15 inlocking position and the trunk locked.

' In the operation of locking the trunk the trunk sections are moved tothe position shown with the mating edges slightly apart and the ends ofthe keepers engaging in the casing openings and in abutting relation toa slightly recessed curved portion 26 in the latch plate. In thisposition the hasp 23 is as shown in F igtire 1 thereby positioning thelatch plates with the entering ends oi the cam slots 16 in register withthe casing openings and with which the ends of the keepers are inalinement. By moving the hasp s3 to the position shown in Figure 2 withthe lock carried thereby opposite its co operating keeper 25 the latchplates will be moved from the Figure 1 to the Figure 2 position throughthe connection of the rod 17 with said hasp. By this movement of thelatch plates the recesses therein are caused to engage over the keeperpins 14 and due to the engagement of the bifurcated end of the keeperswith the wall of the casing openings the engagement of the upper wall ofthe plate slot with said pin will draw the trunk sections closely andfirmly together and hold them in such position, the latch plates beingreleasably retained in such position by the lock carried by the haspco-operating with the keeper 25. To facilitate this actuation of thelocking means the hasp is preferably made of a pair of hingedlyconnected sections so that the portion carry ing the lock may be swungtoward and away from the trunk, as shown in Figure 3.

To unlock and open the trunk all that is necessary is to release thehasp look from the keeper 25 and move it from the Figure 2 to the Figure1 position, thereby moving the latch plates through the connecting rod17 to the Figure 1 position. During this movement of the latch platesthe lower "all of the plate slots will engage the keeper pins 1% and asthe keepers cannot move upward due to their engagement in the casingopenings there will be a force exerted upon the keeper pins in adirection outward from the casing openings and a. force on the casingsin opposite direction and thereby impart spreading or opening movementto the trunk sections to partially open the same, as shown at Figure 1,or sufliciently so to permit of the engagement of the fingers to impartopening movement to the trunk sections. By the arrangement of theconnection 18 of the actuating rod 17 with the latch plates theactuation of said plates and the drawing of the trunk sections to closedpositionand the spreading of the same is greatly facilitated.

In Figure 6 I have shown a modified structure and arrangement of thekeepers 12-. In said arrangement the keepers comprise plates 27 arrangedwith an integral laterally extending projection or finger 28, saidfinger being arranged at the same angle relative to the plate as the camslot 16 in the latch plates 15.

Having thus described my invention I claim:

1. In locking means for wardrobe trunks including hingedly connectedsections, latch plates arranged with a camportion independently andslidably carried by one trunk section, keepers fixed to the other trunksection to project beyond the edge of the same and adapted to bepositioned relative to the cam portions of the latch plates when thesections are moved to closing position, said latch plates being adaptedto co-operate with the keepers when the plates are moved in onedirection to draw the trunk sections toward each other and retain themin such position and when said plates are moved in opposite direction toimpart spreading movement to the trunk sections, a lock carry ing hasprotatably carried on the trunk sec tion upon which the latch plates aremounted and intermediate said plates adapted to cooperate with a fixedplate on the other trunk section to secure the trunk sections in closedposition, and an operative connection between said hasp and latch platesto impart locking and unlocking movement to the latch plates through therotary movement of the hasp.

2. In locking means for Wardrobe trunks including hingedly connectedsections, latch plates independently and slidably mounted on one trunksection, each plate having an inclined recess out into the edge thereof,

keepers fixed to and projecting beyond the edge of the other trunksection and adapted to be positioned relative to the inclined recessesof the latch plates when the trunk sec tions are moved to closingposition, and means connected to the plates to impart sliding movementthereto simultaneously in the same direction, whereby one wall of theplate recesses is adapted to co-operate with the keepers to draw thetrunk sections to closed position and retain the sections in suchposition, and the opposite wall of said recesses to co-operate with thekeepers to impart opening movement to the trunk sections when the latchplates are moved in reverse direction.

3. In locking means for wardrobe trunks as claimed in claim 2, meansconnected to the latch plate actuating means toactuate the same andreleasably lock the latch plate actuating means in position with thelatch plates in position to retain the trunk sections in closedposition.

4:. In locking means for wardrobe trunks including hingedly connectedsections, apair of plates independently mounted on one trunk section tohave sliding movement longitudinally of said trunk section, each platehaving a slot in the edge at the open side of the trunk section andinclining diagonally of the plate and the slots in both plates incliningin the same direction, keepers fixed to and extending beyond the edge ofthe other trunk section" arranged to be positioned relative to theopening to the plate slots on the other trunk section when the trunksections are moved to closing position, one wall of said plate slotsbeing adapted to co-operate with said keepers when the plates are movedin one direction to draw the trunk sections together, and the other wallof the slots to co-operate with the keepers to spread the trunk sectionswhen the plates are moved in reverse direction, and means to impartmovement to the plates simultaneously in the same direction.

5. In locking means for wardrobe, trunks including hingedly connectedsections, cas-- ings fixed to one trunk section having an opening in theouter wall and openings in the end walls, keepers fixed to the othertrunk section and having a part projecting beyond the edge of the trunksection adapted to be positioned in alinement with the opening in theouter wall of the casing when the trunk sections are moved to closingposition, plates slidable in the casings and through the openings in theend walls thereof each plate being arranged with a cam slot having anopening thereto in alinement with the opening in the outer wall of thecasing in the normal position thereof and adapted to en gage the keeperswhen the plates are moved in one direction and draw the trunk sectionsmoved to closing position, plates mounted in the casings to have slidingmovement longitudinally of the trunk and through openings in the endWalls of the casing, each plate having a cam slot arranged with theopening thereto in register with the openings in the outer wall of thecasing in the normal position of the plates, and meansto impart slidmgmovement simultaneously to the plates,

said plate slots being arranged whereby as I the plates are moved in onedirection the cam slots will cooperate with the keepers to draw thetrunk sections together and to spread the trunk sections when moved inopposite direction.

7. In locking means for wardrobe trunks including hingedly connectedsections, casings fixed to one trunk section having an opening in theouter wall, keepers fixed to the other trunk section having a partprojecting beyond the edge of said trunk section positioned to alinewith the openings in the casings when the trunk sections are moved toclosing position, plates mounted in the casings to have sliding movementlongitudinally of the trunk and through openings in the end walls of thecasin each plate having a cam slot arranged Wit the opening thereto inregister With the opening in the outer wall of the casing in the normalposition of the plates, said plate slots being arranged whereby as theplates are moved in one direction they will co-operate with the keepersto draw the trunk sections together and to spread the trunk sectionswhen moved in opposite direction, a lock carrying hasp pivotally mountedon the trunk section upon which the plate carrying casings are mountedadapted to be moved to position to extend over the other trunk sectionwith the lock carried thereby positioned relative to a keeper fixed tosaid latter trunk section, and means to impart sliding movementsimultaneously to the plates operatively connected to and actuated bythe movement of the hasp.

8. Locking means for wardrobe trunks as claimed in claim 7, wherein theactuating means for the plates comprises a rod to which the plates arepivotally connected at the opposite ends thereof and having a pin andslot connection intermediate its ends with the pivoted mounting memberof the hasp eccentric to the axis of said member.

9. Locking means for Wardrobe trunks as the bifurcation When the trunksections are claimed in claim 5, wherein the 'portion of drawn together.

the keepers projecting beyond the edge of Signed at the city of NewYork, in the 10 the trunk section is bifurcated with a pin county of NewYork and State of New York,

extending transversely of the bifurcation for this 23rd day of September1925.

engagement of the plate slots, and the plates are adapted to engagebetween the legs of MAX STOCKOV.

